‘Democrat math strikes again’: Alcee Hastings’ HIV statistic way off
http://twitter.com/#!/PhenomeNoles/status/482522706324094976
Democrat Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida shared this medical statistic today:
http://twitter.com/#!/RepHastingsFL/status/482511748516569089
What?
http://twitter.com/#!/WrongNowShutUp/status/482519441536974848
Something doesn’t add up. Did Hastings mean to say something else? Attempts were made to figure it out:
http://twitter.com/#!/Barack_McBush/status/482517006977990656
http://twitter.com/#!/MatthewHunter30/status/482522999799939072
Regardless, the statistic as Hastings phrased it is wildly incorrect:
http://twitter.com/#!/GPollowitz/status/482514782600175620
http://twitter.com/#!/RightGhost/status/482517833675317248
http://twitter.com/#!/murgatr0id/status/482516697203482624
http://twitter.com/#!/GPollowitz/status/482525906310012928
Iowahawk shared an additional statistic:
http://twitter.com/#!/iowahawkblog/status/482526538592571392
The math is settled!
[Update]
Hastings quietly deleted his tweet and replaced it with this one:
http://twitter.com/#!/RepHastingsFL/status/482556849963954176
Welcome to Twitchy, Rep. Hastings. In case you hadn’t heard, it’s forever!
